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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  November, 
  1907 
  

  

  without 
  bookshelves 
  is 
  paneled 
  throughout 
  and 
  contains 
  the 
  

   fireplace. 
  In 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  is 
  a 
  massive 
  and 
  richly 
  

   carved 
  table. 
  Behind 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  carved 
  wood 
  chair. 
  The 
  other 
  

   furniture 
  is 
  red 
  and 
  blue. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  grounds 
  surrounding 
  the 
  house 
  

   it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  speak 
  save 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  en- 
  

   thusiastic 
  manner. 
  That 
  it 
  is 
  built 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  Collender's 
  Point 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   stated, 
  but 
  this 
  mere 
  statement 
  conveys 
  

   nothing 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   roundings 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  really 
  remarkable 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  this 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  has 
  obtained. 
  Without 
  the 
  house, 
  

   toward 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  an 
  immense 
  semi- 
  

   circular 
  lawn. 
  The 
  house 
  stands 
  upon 
  

   the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  semicircle, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  raised 
  somewhat 
  toward 
  the 
  water, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  a 
  retaining 
  wall, 
  

   which, 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  seen 
  from 
  above. 
  

   Across 
  the 
  Sound 
  is 
  the 
  shadowy 
  outline 
  of 
  

  

  trees, 
  tubs 
  of 
  hydrangeas 
  and 
  other 
  stately 
  plants, 
  giving 
  

   welcome 
  notes 
  of 
  color 
  and 
  rich 
  growths 
  of 
  foliage. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  entrance 
  side 
  the 
  planting 
  and 
  arrangement 
  is 
  

   equally 
  fine. 
  Here 
  are 
  thick 
  clumps 
  of 
  shrubbery, 
  hedges 
  of 
  

  

  The 
  Water 
  Front 
  Terrace 
  and 
  One 
  of 
  Its 
  Porches 
  

  

  Long 
  Island. 
  Oyster 
  Bay 
  is 
  nine 
  miles 
  away 
  to 
  the 
  right; 
  

   Huntington 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  left. 
  These 
  are 
  mere 
  names, 
  however, 
  

   for 
  Long 
  Island 
  is 
  too 
  far 
  away 
  to 
  be 
  distinctly 
  visible. 
  

  

  The 
  landscape 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  

   has 
  been 
  carried 
  out 
  with 
  fine 
  taste. 
  Many 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees, 
  and 
  of 
  course 
  all 
  the 
  shrubs, 
  

   are 
  newly 
  planted, 
  but 
  have 
  already 
  passed 
  

   beyond 
  their 
  first 
  growth 
  and 
  their 
  rich 
  

   luxuriance 
  give 
  delightful 
  promise 
  of 
  

   superb 
  maturity. 
  Below 
  the 
  terrace 
  that 
  

   surrounds 
  the 
  house 
  on 
  two 
  sides 
  is 
  a 
  rich 
  

   planting 
  of 
  herbaceous 
  and 
  other 
  shrubs, 
  

   giving 
  fine 
  notes 
  of 
  foliage 
  and 
  bloom. 
  

   The 
  broad 
  terrace 
  is 
  spaciously 
  pathed 
  with 
  

   brick, 
  with 
  borders 
  of 
  grass. 
  At 
  the 
  

   east 
  the 
  path 
  runs 
  straight 
  out 
  to 
  a 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  house 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  most 
  exposed 
  point 
  

   of 
  the 
  property. 
  Here, 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  are 
  

   the 
  pyramids 
  of 
  box 
  which 
  were 
  a 
  feature 
  

   of 
  the 
  entrance 
  driveway. 
  And 
  everywhere, 
  

   where 
  emphasis 
  is 
  needed, 
  are 
  boxed 
  bay 
  

  

  The 
  Return 
  of 
  the 
  Terrace 
  on 
  the 
  Side 
  

   of 
  the 
  House 
  

  

  lofty 
  poplars, 
  groups 
  of 
  young 
  trees 
  and 
  

   masses 
  of 
  foliage 
  and 
  bloom. 
  To 
  the 
  

   left, 
  as 
  you 
  enter 
  the 
  grounds, 
  is 
  the 
  

   stable. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  and 
  com- 
  

   modious 
  structure 
  with 
  a 
  lofty 
  central 
  

   pediment 
  on 
  the 
  avenue 
  front. 
  It 
  has 
  

   an 
  interior 
  court, 
  open 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  

   and 
  a 
  cottage 
  for 
  coachmen 
  and 
  men. 
  

   On 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  drive, 
  but 
  at 
  right 
  

   angles 
  to 
  it, 
  is 
  the 
  conservatory. 
  This 
  

   handsome 
  building 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  central 
  

   dome, 
  and 
  is 
  flanked 
  by 
  two 
  structures 
  in 
  

   brick: 
  that 
  toward 
  the 
  avenue 
  is 
  the 
  

   gardener's 
  house; 
  the 
  further 
  end 
  is 
  

   utilized 
  as 
  a 
  potting 
  room 
  and 
  acetelyne 
  

   house, 
  the 
  latter 
  gas 
  being 
  used 
  as 
  supplementary 
  to 
  the 
  elec- 
  

   tricity 
  with 
  which 
  "Brick 
  House" 
  is 
  lighted. 
  The 
  mechanical 
  

   equipment 
  is 
  as 
  ample 
  as 
  the 
  artistic 
  care 
  given 
  every 
  detail. 
  

  

  The 
  Stable 
  Has 
  a 
  Pedimented 
  Center 
  Facing 
  the 
  Entrance 
  Drive 
  

  

  